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SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1895.
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Cleveland's Commission.
The House Promptly Makes
Prevision Vor it.
Immediate Consideration Given to
the Bill Appropriating
$100,000
Washington, Dec. 18.-Immediately
after the reading of the jouroa! in the
house this morning Mr. Hitt (Rep ) of
Illinois asked unanimous consent for the
present consideration of a bill which be
sent to the desk and had read. It ap?
propriated $100.000 for the payment of
the expenses of the commission suggest?
ed by Presideot Cleveland in his mes?
sage yesterday for the purpose of deter?
mining the true divisional line between
Venezuela aod British-Guiana. The
reading of the bill was followed by ap?
plause.
Mr. Bontelle (Rep.) of Maine asked
if it were the intention to pass the bill
without debate.
Mr. Hitt stated that, taht was his de?
sire.
BO?TELLE "BACKS WATER."
Mr. Bontelle said he hoped that io
view of the vast importance and seri?os
gravity of the consequences that might
grow oat of the passage of the bill, the
house would proceed in a decor?os and
deliberate manner in the consideration
of this matter. The message of the
President opon the subject was read to
the hoose yesterday and he did not be?
lieve that the members of the boose
were so fully advised of the matter as
they should be when called opon to act
definitely opon the proposition. Num
eroos voices : "We are ready."
Gentlemen aroond bim, Mr. Bon?
telle said, declared their readiness to
proceed, "but,r he contiooed, '*I do no
ill service to the honor and dignity of
my coontry when I asked the 'ready'
gentlemen on this side of the house,
and on that to proceed with the deco
rom doe a matter of such great respon?
sibility, affecting the welfare probably
of the two great English-speaking na?
tions of the world." (Slight applause.)
Mr. Bontelle said that he had been
charged with being a jingo, whatever
that might be, and he did not think it
was necessary for him to state wherever
he was known that should congress and
the President Sod themselves in a posi?
tion where they felt it necessary to call
the country to arms, that he woold not
be found lagging behind. The press
this morning, he said, brought to tba
boase notice that in the consideration
of this affair the members should take
counsel with calmness and deliberation.
The eyes of ali the people, he said,
were upon the house and senate this
day, and to this matter the members
ought to give as much consideration as
would be devoted to an appropriation
of a few thoosand dollars. He hoped
that the bill would be sent to a commit?
tee in the regular way to be thoroughly
digested there, and then reported to the
house.
Speaker Reed-Does the gentleman
object ?
Mr. Boatelle-I have not objected.
I simply soggested the hope that
the bill might be sent to a committee.
The Speaker-Is there objection to
the immediate consideration of the bill?
(A pause ) The chair hears none.
IIITT'8 PATRIOTIC SPEECH.
Mr. Hitt-Mr. Speaker, appreciating
all that was said by the gentleman whos
has just taken his seat, and the patriotic
impulse that led him to make his re?
marks, I desire to say o?ly a word in
explanation of the bil! and its purpose,
which I trust will satisfy everyone in
this house-and I say it without men?
tioning this side of the house or that
side. I hope we have not two sides of
thc house when it comes to a question
of this kind. (Loud applause.)
The President of the United States on
yesterday sent a message to this house,
at the conclu sion of tao reading uf
which the house adjourned and there was
no time for action ; and it might have
been deemed precipitate to have taken
at that time ; but we have examined it
after^having heaid it read from thc desk.
After a general discussion io that mes?
sage of doctrines, politics, and national
interests, there is a request made direct?
ly by the executive of this house for ac?
tion to aid in the exercise of his execu?
tive functions. It is purely an execu
tive fuDctioo and to ascertain all
facts relating to any question of nogo
tion with a foreign country. 1
gravity of the cage is such that I
President suggests the mode of det
mining a ?cardinal question in the cc
troversy aod he asks us to co-open
with him by enabliog him to appo
three men to examine the records a
evidence of the facts involved. In t
contention between the two great g(
ernments the first fact for us to reme
ber as patriotic Americans is that I
success of our country in its contend
depends above all upon our present?
a united front, so that all America
shall be as one, and that our govei
ment shall speak for all the people
the United States, (applause) and t
prompt response of the people's rc
resentative8 in according this small si
of money to pay the expenses cf an
vestigation, which the President sa
shall bc carefully and judicially ma
and with the leastdelay possible-a su
gestion which I am sure was made
good faith and will be so carried Out
an American President-we anewerii
in thatspirit which becomes America
and promptly granting the approprati
-the spectacle will be presented of
republic that is as one man.
MUST SHOW OUR UNITY.
Ic negotiations of this character, ai
officer charged with the duty of presei
ing this government is hampered ai
his opponeut is encouraged by eve
word of dissent that comes from I
home. Every criticism behind the <
facer's back puts him at disadvantag
and hesitation by this congress, t!
postponing of this simple question
an appropriation to aid the President
performing an executive function, wou
be construed by the British press ai
the British government aa evidence th
the people of the United States we
j not behind the President ; that h
action in the matter bad some relatic
to party tactics, and that he did o
speak the voice of the American pe
pie. .Let us answer and do our dat;
all of us, now I We shall have lon
days in which to discuss the Moori
doctrine, and the exact words in whic
it should be formulated if we do n<
agree with the precise terms in whic
Mr. Olney or the President has put i
But on this matter, discussion on ly coi
fuses and gives aid and comfort to th O?
across tbe seas. Any disclosure <
dissent here-and at bottom ther
really is -noneany appeamces of dif
sent, would not aid but would hampe
those who are clothed by the Constiti
tion with this great duty. I hope
therefore, that the house will proceed t
pass the bill without delay. I bav
made these few remarks, not from an
desire for debate, but merely as a su?
gestion by way of guidance to the ac
tion which I believe we ought to make
and in which I hope all will con?ut
And, now, Mr. Speaker, unless ther
fe some considerable body of gentleme
here who desire discussion, I will mov
the previous question.
THE SOUTH SPEAKS.
Mr. Crisp (Dem.) of Georgia: Mr
Speaker, together with all on this sid
of the bouse, I rejoice that the gentle
man from Illinois (Mr. Hilt) bas beet
recognized to ask consideration of tb
bill which bas just been read at tb
clerk's desk. It does seem to me tba
there can be no divison in this house ai
to the propriety of the immediate pas
sage of that bill. For a great mani
years there bas been a controversy ai
to the divisional Hoe between the re
public of Venezuela and British Gui
ana. We respectfully invited Grea
j Britain to submit the controversy be
tween that government and the repub
lie of Venezuela to arbitration. Grea
Britain has declined arbitration. Now
what are we to do. If the Americac
people have a fixed opinion upoo anj
question, it is the opinion that no Euro
pean country shall be permitted to ac?
quire territory on their continent by
force. (Applause.) Now, the questioc
is whether we-inasmuch as Great
Britain, bas declined arbitration of thie
controversy-we are bound to ascertain
and to ascertain speedily on which side
lies the right, and that is the object ol
the President's message and of this
bill. If wc are not to have the assist?
ance of Great Britain in ascertaining
the facts by means of arbitration, rheo
we must ascertain them for ourselves,
and we ought to do it at once. The
suggestion of my friend from Maine
(Mr. Boutelle) to wait until a commit
ee is appointed, means to wait three
weeks while we should at once author?
ize the appointment of this commission
and the payment of its expenses, so
that it may proceed as I have just said,
tc ascertain where the right is ; and
every one may rest assured that when
we ascertain where thc right is, we have
the courage aud thc mnuhood to main
taiu it. ( Loud applause. )
UN ITKU WE STAND !
j The previous question was then or
I dered without a dissenting vote, and
the bill was rc a third time and pass?
ed unanimously.
Mr. bingley (Rep.; of Maine, of?
fered a concurrent resolution providing
for a holiday recess extending from
Friday, December 20, to Friday, Jan
ary o, 1896.
Mr. Meredith (Dem.) of Virginia
Before that resolution is passed, I would
0
like to have some gentleman on the
other side to introduce a bid to repeal
the law forbidding old Confederates
from serving in the army or oavy. I
think this would be a good time.
The resolution was passed, and then
at 12 40, on motion of Mr Dingley,
the house adjourned until Friday.
Touch One, Fight All.
American Republics Form a
Defensive Alliance.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-The excite?
ment over Venezuelau affairs subsided
greatly to-day, the resuk being at?
tributable very largely to the fact thar,
thc House was not in session and that j
the Senate was disposed to avoid pre- !
cipitate action, as was evidenced by its
coarse wheo the House Venezuelan |
Commission bili was received.
Among Secretary OlneyV callers to?
day were Ministers Aodradc of Vene?
zuela, Mandonca of Brazil ind Romero
of Mexico, representing three of the
first republics cf South and Central
America. Though this was diplomatic
reception day at the State Department,
their call at this particular time wheu
the Monroe Doctrine, as applicable to
their countries bas received so forcible
a construction by the United States,
occasioned much comment
Although Done of the diplomats wili
consent to be quoted regarding their
call on the Secretary, it is understood
that they have cabled their govern?
ment that the present seems an op?
portune time for invoking the Monroe
Doctrine as a means of support against
European pressure, several of them
being involved in disputes with Euro?
pean nations at this time. The state?
ment is made by one of them that
several important results will follow
from the vigorous construction of the
Monroe Doctrine. First, it is said,
wdl be the official adherence of the
Southern republics, making the de?
claration practically unanimous from
the countries of the Wesl:ern Hemis?
phere. It is pointed out that Lord
Salisbury insisted that the Monroe
Doctrine was not recognized as inter?
national law, but this, it is said, will
be answered by a showing that all the
republics of North and Sooth America
accept it as the law governing them.
The project of another conference of
American republics, in line with the
pan-Americao Congress, but with a
view to political alliance rather than
commercial reciprocity, is being dis?
cussed also. There have been a num?
ber of these conferences, largeiy de?
voted to academic discussion, but the
strong assertiou of the Monroe Doc?
trine would give a practical aspect to
such a meeeting.
How far these hopes and purposes of
the Southern countries were communi?
cated to Mr. Olney to-day, is not
known, but he was doubtless made
aware of the strong prevailing feeling
and the intention to give it official ex?
pression as soon as word could be re?
ceived from the several governments
represented.
Among the South and Central Ameri?
can diplomats themselves, the feeling
is almost unanimous that there should
be a speedy cementing of all the re?
publics of the Western world.
Snake Their Holdings
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-The Evening
Post's financial cablegrame says: "In
London the stock markets opeDed flat
on the American news in the morning
papers. American rails were sold
heavily by bears aod real holders alike.
A telegram received midday saying
that the senate had expressed more
moderate sentiments in the direction of
the appointment of a commission on
the Venezuelan boundary induced a
rally, mainly in the form of bear re?
purchases bul not by the pudlic The
closing prices were at the very lowest
and with a panicky feeling sn the Amer?
ican market. Even the best gold bonds
were persistently offered by English
investors. Indignation a1: President
Cleveland's tactics by all those here
interested in the financial welfare of
America grows. . Whatever the out?
come may be, public confidence herc
has received a shock from which the
recovery will be painfully slow. I learn
definitely that ?5,000,000 in gold has
been eogaged for shipment on Saturday
to this country, in addition to any sent
to Germany. Well informed quarters
anticipate thc engagement of auother j
?5,000,000 shortly. A premium ou
?zold io America is looked for carly
next year, while the hopes of President
I Cleveland restoring the American cur- I
roney to a sound gold basis arc regarded
herc as crushed. Th-; other markets
were flat, but nothing like Americans
It is believed that presently there will
be a rush for nome securities.
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Solid Senate.
The House Venezuelan Com?
mission Bill Unanimously
Adopted.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-The pro?
ceedings- in the senate to-day were open?
ed with prayer by its blind chaplain,
invoking the Christmas influence of
"peace on earth and good will to men,"
and asking that the two greatest nations
of the earth of one language, one faith,
one baptism,one Lord should not be em?
broiled in war It was delivered with
such feeling, earnestness and eloquence
that it was ordered to be printed in the
Record-a very unusal privilege to be
accorded to a chaplain's opening prayer.
The day, however, did not respond to
that peaceful opening, and when the
hour of adjournment oame the senate
had passed, without amendment, and
without a single negative vote, the
house bill appropriating ^lOO.OOO for a
commission to report to the President on
the true divisional line between the re?
public of Venezuela and British Guiana.
Mr. Sherman's (Rsp of Ohio) amend?
ment fixing the number of commis?
sioners at three and requiring the ap?
pointment to "be by and with the ad?
vice of the senate1' was reported from
thc committee on foreign relations, but
it had very little support in the senate,
aud was at the close of debate laid oe
the table without a division, and with
only two or three negative votes, the
vote being viva voce.
The debate took a more excited turn
than that of the preceding day. It was
opened by Mr. Platt (Rep.) of Connecti?
cut, who said there was no reason to
! suppose that war was to be precipitated,
but that the American people would not
j shun war, aod that they were never
more in earnest since the Revolution
than they were now.
Mr. Sherman made a plea against ex
citment and eagerness to arouse the pa
> triotism of the American people, and
declared his firm belief that the matter
would be settled by arrangement be?
tween Great britain and Venezuela
without a drop of American blood being
shed.
Mr. Mills deprecated war and in?
quired how the revenues to carry on war
were to be obtaiued. He suggested
that before going into a war the Con?
stitution should be amended so as to
eoable congress to levy personal taxes,
particularly the income tax.
Mr. Lodge (Rep.) of Massachusetts
derided the attempt of English capi?
talists to create a panic in Wall street,
and notified them that the call of loans
and the withdrawal of gold were not the
roads to an honorable [and peaceful set?
tlement
Mr. Stewart (Pop.) of Nevada
ascribed the aroused feeling of the
American people to English arrogance,
and declared that England could put ac
end to the excitement by being honest
and reasonable.
Mr. White (Dem.) of California be?
lieved that when the facts became
known there would be an honorable
solution of the difficulty.
Mr. Caffery (Dem.) of Louisiana
looked upon the appointment of the
proposed commission as a warlike step
and a very extreme application of the
Monroe doctrine.
Mr. Chandler gave a touch of humor
and sprightliness to the debate by laud
iog the President (with more or less
sincerity) for showing himself to be
patriotic and American and for being
inspired by the genius of Massachsetts
io the state department.
Mr Turpie spoke of the bill as "the
crossing of the Rubicon." And so the
discussion went on to the close, when
the bill was passed just as it came from
the house. After the passage of the
Venezuelan bill, the senate went into
executive session, and there among
other things, agreed to the house con?
current resolution for a holiday recess,
with an amendmeut fixing its beginning
for tomorrow aud its close for the 6th of
January.
Before the Venezuelan matter came
before the senate, the resolution offered
yesterday by Mr. Allen (Pop.) of Ne?
braska, directing the finance committee
to inquire into the advisability of open?
ing our mints to the free coinage o.1
silver and the issue of treasury notes to
provide for the contingency of war be?
tween the British empire and the
United States of America v\as taken up;
and Mr. Allen proceeded to deliver
some very caustic remarks at the ex?
pense of thc Presider and his sup?
porters on both sides of the chamber.
Ile said that he could conceive ipf no
sufficient cause for the delivery of thc
President's message. There did not
seem to be any demand for it. It oc?
curred to him, that thc President, hav?
ing lost thc confidence of the people to j
seme extent during the administration ?
of thc last two years and nine months j
was seeking to restore himself and his
party to their confidence and thus in
ducc thc people to forget the business
condition of thc country. Mr. Allen
referred to thc bill offered by Mr. Hill,
to ! nable cx-Confedcrate officers to bc
commissioned as officers in the army or
navy of the United States, the one
introduced by Mr. Chandler for an ap
propriatioo of $100,000,000 for rifles
and cannon and the two introduced by
Mr. Hale for an increase of the navy
and for a reconstruction of tbe United
States ship Constitution, as so mnay
proofs of the war spirit in the senate.
He suggested that, on the Democratic
side, there was an attempt to sustain the
President for the splendid services of
himself and his secretary of the treasury
in the late political campaigns io New
York, Maryland aod Kentucky. It was
necessary, Mr. Allen thought, for the
Populist Darty to take a stand in the
matter. It would not do, he said, to
permit the President of the United
States and his distinguished associates
in the senate to carry off all the glory
and honor. It would not do to permit
the Democratic party and the Republi?
can party in the Senate to take off & ll
the glory and honor incident to the
Monroe doctrine It was necessary
that the Populist party should have a
stand in '.he matter, they realizing the
fact that the resolution had be^n pre?
pared as money was essential to war.
Mr. Platt moved to refer the resolu?
tion to the committee on finance and
the motion was defeated, yeas 24, nays
36.
The resolution was then agreed to,
Mr. Allen having withdrawn the pre?
amble.
lt now reads :
Resolved, That the committee on
nuance, be and they are hereby directed
and instructed, to inquire and report by
bill or otherwise, whether it would not
be espedient, and proper for the govern?
ment of the United States of America,
at this time to open its mints to the free
and unlimited coinage of gold and silver
at the ratio of 1 to l6, and in addition
thereto, issue an adequate volume of full
legal tender treasury notes in the same
manner such notes have heretofore been
issued, and in the interest of national
safety withdraw the issue power of na?
tional banks and retire all bank cur?
rency.
The next business laid before the sen?
ate was the Venezuelan commission
bill, and that was not disposed of until
3:45 p. m. At that hour the senate
proceded to executive business, and
when the doors were opened at 4:30 the
President's message asking that no
recess be taken until after the financial
legislation necessary to preserve the
credit of the government had been
enacted. "I move that the senate do
now adjourn," said Mr. Cockrell, as
j soon as the reading of the message was
concluded with.
"Why," said Mr Hawley with real
or affected surprise, "I expected that
some serious consideration would be
given to this most important message of
the President by our Democratic
friends."
,4We want time to consider it," Mr.
Cockrell bluntly rejoined.
And then, at 4:45, the senate ad?
journed until to-morrow.
Struck By a Tidal wave.
New York, December 16.-The
steamer La Champagne, of the Fre.ich
Line, which usually arrives on Sunday
morning with the promptness of a ferry
boat, came into port at 2.34 this morn?
ing after a hard fight with the elements.
The steamer left Havre twenty-four
hours behind her regular sailiog time,
being detained by a severe hurricane,
which was raging. Almost from the
start strong northwest winds prevailed
and a high bead sea made most of the
passengers uncomfortable,.but nothing
out of the ordinary occurred until 4
o'clock on the morning of the 13th inst,
when a tidal wave struck the ship on
the side just abaft the bridge. So great
was the force of the sea that it swept
everything movable before it. Three
large life boats, each capable of holding
thirty people, were picked up i
from chocks and hurled against j
the steel deck house with such force as to ?
badly .strain them. Settees and ventil?t- i
ors were wrenched from their fasten- j
?ogs and swept away. All skylights
and companion way doors were broken i
in, and the water poured in a veritable j
torrent down into the saloon and state !
rooms. To add to the terror of the !
moment all the electric dghis were sud- j
denly extinguished, leaving the ship ;
io total darkness until candles and j
lamps could be procured. The saloon !
passengers were all in their buoks j
when the smashing of the ventilators on :
the promenade neck let a flood of warer
dowe upon them. There was no panic, ?
however, and cs no more water came in ;
the passengers were soon reassured. !
All their baggage and effects were |
soaked with salt water, however, ':nd ;
there was mucli discomfort. The dam?
age to the upper deck was repaired ;
temporarily and the skylight? and ven?
tilators boarded up. No further acci- '
dent occurred and nobody was injured. \
Highest of all in Leavening Pow
Chic ago Cotton Exposition?
Augusta, Ga., December 18.-At a
meeting of the Southern Manufactur?
ers' Association representing all the
cotton mills with headquarters at Au?
gusta the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the Manufacturers'
Association believes that ic will be of
great advantage to the South to com?
pletely finish its cotton mill products,
instead of sending them elsewhere to be
finished, and that it cordially approves
of all proper efforts to secure bleacheries
print works, starch works and similar
industries in the South.
Resolved, That the establishment in
the South of such ;ndustrics will open
many new outlets :'jr Southern products
by enabling Southern mil's to offer
finished products in many markets;
whereas they are now confined to prac?
tically one outlet, namely, the "con?
verters," who buy the partially finished
product to which Southern mills are
now restricted because they have no
present means of performing the final
processes of manufacture.
Resolved, That numerous outlets to
a great body of consumers and a diver?
sity of products adopted to all classes
of consumers, are the mos: effective
means for preventing undue competi?
tion.
We, therefore, cordially approve of
efforts to diversify Southern cotton mill
products, recognizing that they tend to
benfit our present investments by creat?
ing new demands and new outlets for
our present products.
Resolved, That the proposed Chicago
and Sothern States Cotton Exposition
will serve the purposes set forth by
proving to the whole people of America
that the South can nanufacture cotton
goods of all classes of perfect quality,
and at far less cost than is elsewhere
possible, whereby it will be made clear
that the South presents a very inviting
field for the profitable investment of
capital.
Resolved, That we therefore heart?
ily approve tbe Chicago and Southern
States Cotton Exposition and commend
it to the support of the Southern mill
interests.
The Bridegroom Tarried.
There is a big sensation in York
ville colored high life. There was to
have been a marriage in the Wes?
leyan Church last Thursday night.
Ben Foster was to have been the
groom, and the bride to be was Janie
Clark. Preparations for the affair
had been in progress for several
weeks, and uppertendom among the
colored people was looking forward to
it as the event of the season.
Bridesmaids and groomsmen had
been selected, new white dresses had
been purchased, and swaliow-ta?ed
coats provided for For several
nights, the choir had practiced the
wedding march, and all who were to
participate or officiate in any capa?
city were well prepared fer their re*
spective ports. The appointed night
rolled around, and the invited guests,
groomsmen and bridesmaids were
assembled, the bride was also there
After awhile the assembled congre?
gation began to grow impatient, and
presently it was whispered that the
bridegroom was not coming. This
soon after developed into a fact, and
where all was merry only a short
time before, there was exceeding
great wrath. Instead of congratula?
tions for the bride, there were at
temps at consolation ; but she would
not be comforted. She bewailed not
only the loss of her intended, but
charged that lie had cruelly carried
off $10 that she had paid over to him
for the pu reliase of a stove on which
she was to do his cooking. The
whereabouts of the bridegroom are
still unknown. - Yorhville Enquirer.
How To Prevent Croup
Some read i P tr that will prove interesting
to young mothers. How to guard ?gaicst
the disease.
Croup is a Terror to young mo'hers ara to
post them coucerning tt e cnusr, 5rs< symp?
toms and treatment is the object of this it?tn ?
The origin of croup is a con.mon cold.
Children who are subject to it take cold very
easily and croup is n!r:;o?t ?ure to fd:ovr.
The first sympton) is hoarsened; this is snon
followed by a peculiar rough cough, which i?
easily recognized and will never be forge'rc-n
by one who has heard it. The time to set ts
when the child ?irs: become* h.jurse. If
Chamberlain's Cough Rei..?-dy is freely given
all tendency to croup will sec;) disappear.
Even ai'r^r the croupy cough has developed ir
will prevent the attack. There ;s :::> danger
in gi virig ;his remedy for ?t contains nothing
injurious. For s-.ie by Dr. A. J. China.
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